Huaquirca District

Huaquirca
District
Colonial church of Huaquirca
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Antabamba
Founded January 17, 1945
Capital Huaquirca
Government
 • Mayor Erasmo Manuelo Quispe
Area
 • Total 337.6 km2 (130.3 sq mi)
Elevation 3,480 m (11,420 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,420
 • Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030303

Huaquirca District is one of the seven districts of the Antabamba Province in the [Apurímac Region] in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.93% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°12′47″S 72°11′24″W / 14.21306°S 72.19000°W / -14.21306; -72.19000

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